WCS Player Handbook Released - Page 3

animagne

United Kingdom47 Posts

December 20 2013 21:11 GMT

#41

On December 21 2013 00:18 Salmacis wrote:
This bugs me quite a bit:

2. Restricted Sponsor Categories –The following sponsor categories will not be
allowed:
[...]
e) Gambling websites; or

Millenium is sponsored by Winamax, a poker website.
So ForGG can't wear his team jersey in WCS events?

AFAIK in some courts in U.S. poker was considered as a game of skill, not chance (hence not gambling). Some lucky countries (like mine) even treat it as a sport.

EDIT: apparently federal court decided that it doesn't matter if it's a game of skill, similar reasoning could be used for sc2 as well though, haven't read much U.S. pokers news since it was shut down there. Still given stracraft ties to poker, it should be excluded from that handbook, especially since it's in grey area in U.S.

NiHiLuSsc2

United States50 Posts

December 21 2013 03:31 GMT

#42

On December 20 2013 22:07 Jawmare wrote:
Are they allowed to stream themselves playing games made by rival game companies?

this isn't riot. not even blizzard is as dumb as riot

WigglingSquid

5194 Posts

December 21 2013 03:58 GMT

#43

During the game, players may not use chat except for a greeting, closing, and request for
pause.

Meh. Why not add an option to remove ingame chat (like most games sensibly do) and let the players decide for themselves?

Video settings may only be adjusted under the supervision of the organizer.

Is there any reason why?

In Challenger and Premier
League, players may not watch any replays in the middle of a match. If there are any games that remain in the match, players must rejoin the designated tournament administrator group within 1 minute.

I'm perplexed. In principle I don't mind, but I wonder how progamers feel about this?

Also, just for fun, a bit of casual nitpicking over silly things:

Players must provide their own USB keyboard.

Does that mean that if you want PS/2 for n-key rollover you're out of luck, or that you'd be entitled to have it provided by someone else?

Restricted Sponsor Categories
a) Pornography (or extremely mature materials);

What are "extremely mature materials"?

The shoutcaster must cast with the utmost professionalism;

What does that even mean? They're barred from shoutcasting if they stream while lounging on a sofa?

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